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Le million

Le million

1931, Movie, 1h 23min

An impoverished artist discovers he has purchased a winning lottery ticket at the very moment his creditors come to collect. The only problem is, the ticket is in the pocket of his coat. . . which he left at his girlfriend’s apartment. . . who gave the coat to a man hiding from the police. . . who sells the coat to an opera singer who uses it during a performance. By turns charming and inventive, René Clair’s lyrical masterpiece had a profound impact on not only the Marx Brothers and Charlie Chaplin, but on the American musical as a whole.

Country: France

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René Lefèvre,

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Kasper Løvborg

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9

Fast-paced fun. Most enjoyable.

5 years ago

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Le million include The Cocoanuts, The Devil's Brother, The Wise Little Hen, The Band Concert, Fiddling Around, Reaching for the Moon.

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Le million was released in theaters on May 20, 1931.